Talking To Your Kids About Newtown Tragedy
PBS has strategies for talking and listening to your children about the news.
In the wake of the Newtown, CT, shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Tewksbury parents may find their children hearing about the tragedy or seeing it on the news and find themselves in a difficult discussion. For parents seeking guidance on how to address the tragedy with their own children, if it comes up, PBS has an article with flexible suggestions for answering kids' questions about the news. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a 24-hour hotline dedicated to providing disaster crisis counseling at 1-800-985-5990 or by texting "TalkWithUs" to 66746. The hotline is open to U.S. residents who are experiencing psychological distress as a result of a natural or man-made disasters, incidents of …
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9:57 am on Sunday, December 16, 2012
They might want to think about destroying that part of the school or the whole school.? Do you think the kids will want to go back there? more ›